Chester Adams
Second Lieutenant, US Army Air Forces
710th Bomber Squadron, 447th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the service from Ohio
Died March 11, 1944
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands
Hometown: Harrison Township, (Seibert Road), Scioto County, Ohio
Born: 1920
Enlistment date: 4 September 1942
Family: Colby Adams, Father
Verna Adams, Mother
Elone Adams, Sister
Armie Adams, Brother
Died on a bombing mission March 11, 1944
Place of death: Close to Haamstede on Schouwen-Duivenland, Zeeland, The Netherlands
Aircraft last seen with one and possible two engines on fire trying evasive tactics to put fire out, aircraft appeared and reappeared several times above clouds and when last seen under control and preparing to ditch in channel.
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart